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Letter: Elect Meunier, a problem solver for Topsham

October 20, 2020

Yvette Meunier is my choice for Topsham town select board. When she sees a problem in our town she works diligently to solve that problem. For example, folks who live in the Heights worried about our safety whenever we walked up Maple Street to Bridge for years. Yvette decided to do something about this dangerous […]

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Topsham to ask Brunswick to find its own police firing range

by Darcie Moore October 19, 2020

Topsham police share their firing range with Brunswick, but a neighbor said the amount of shooting has become “unbearable.”

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New Topsham high school gets artwork

by Darcie Moore October 18, 2020October 18, 2020

Mt. Ararat High School has three new art installations within its newly constructed walls designed to instill an appreciation of art in the students who go there for years to come.

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Topsham-based schools aim to fully reopen in December

by Darcie Moore October 18, 2020October 18, 2020

Maine School Administrative District 75 plans to start transitioning grades K-1 to full-time in-person learning first starting Dec. 7, and then incrementally adding grades 2 to 8.

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Driver indicted on manslaughter charge in July incident that killed Woolwich man

by Darcie Moore October 15, 2020October 15, 2020

Nasser Tibaijuka, 42, of Waltham, Massachusetts, allegedly hit and killed 41-year-old Joseph Fisher while in the breakdown lane of Interstate 295 in Topsham on July 3.

The Forecaster

Midcoast Meetings: Oct. 16-23

October 13, 2020

Brunswick For information on remote access, televised/streamed meetings see brunswickme.org. Mon. 10/19 6:30 p.m. Town Council Tues. 10/20 7:15 p.m. Village Review Board Wed. 10/21 10 a.m. Staff Review Committee Wed. 10/21 6:15 p.m. Appointments Committee Wed. 10/21 7 p.m. Recreation Commission Thur. 10/22 5 p.m. Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee Harpswell Check harpswell.maine.gov for […]

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‘An uncomfortable conversation’: Topsham teacher eyes diversifying literature curriculum

by Darcie Moore October 12, 2020

Emily Vail has proposed adding a play dealing with racism to an Advanced Placement literature course in an effort to diversify texts for students and provide an anti-racial education.

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Maine Bicentennial: Topsham

October 12, 2020October 21, 2020

Workers stand outside the Pejepscot Paper Mill Company in Topsham in 1880. The building also is known as the “Bowdoin Mill.” In commemoration of Maine’s bicentennial this year, The Forecaster is featuring historical highlights and artifacts from our communities’ past 200 years. This feature can be found in print and online every other week.